²¹ Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(C)

¹⁶ Will it go down to the gates of death?^(A)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”^(B)

⁵ then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(A) me;
    let him trample my life to the ground^(B)
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[a](C)